teri aashufta-mizaaji ai dil — Sarvat Husain

shahzaadi tujhe kaun bataae tere charaag-kade tak
kitni mehraabein paDti hain kitne dar aate hain

kyuun girafta-dil nazar aati hai ai shaam-e-firaaq
ham jo tere naaz uThaane ke liye maujud hain

jise anjaam tum samajhti ho
ibtidaa hai kisi kahaani ki

ik daastaan ab bhi sunaate hain farsh o baam
vo kaun thi jo raqs ke aalam mein mar gai

siyaahi pherti jaati hain raatein bahr o bar pe
inhi taarikiyon se mujh ko bhi hissa milegaa

saya-e-abr se puchho 'sarvat'
apne hamraah agar le jaae

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

'saif' andaaz-e-bayaan rang badal detaa hai
varna duniyaa mein koi baat nai baat nahin

rahne de zikr-e-kham-e-zulf-e-musalsal ko nadim
us ke to dhyaan se bhi hotaa hai dil ko uljhaao

jo chashm-e-dil-rubaa ke vasf mein ashaar likhtaa huun
to har har lafz par ahl-e-nazar ik saad karte hain

kis tarah haal-e-dil kahun us gul se baagh mein
phirti hai us ke saath to har-dam sabaa lagi

nashsha-e-husn mein sarshaar chalaa jaataa hai
shab-e-taarik hai dildaar khudaa ko saunpaa